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Patrick "Pat" Fenlon (born 15 March 1969) is an Irish football player and manager, who is the manager of Shamrock Rovers. Fenlon has previously managed Shelbourne, Derry City, the Republic of Ireland under-23s, Bohemians and Hibernian. He won five League of Ireland titles with Shelbourne and Bohemians between 2003 and 2009. His 2004 season with Shelbourne saw Fenlon become the first manager to reach the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League with an Irish club. During his time with Bohemians Fenlon won the FAI Cup in 2008, the League of Ireland Cup in 2009 and the Setanta Sports Cup in 2010. Fenlon moved to Scottish club Hibernian in November 2011, who he helped reach two Scottish Cup Finals, although both were lost heavily. ==Playing career== Felon was born in Dublin. In April 1985 Fenlon netted a hat trick as Patrician College, Finglas won the Leinster Schools Junior Cup. He was with London club Chelsea as a young trainee. A midfielder, he returned home and signed for Brian Kerr's St Patrick's Athletic in 1987〔 and made his League of Ireland debut on 13 September 1987, against Shelbourne at Harold's Cross Stadium. He played in both legs of Pats' 1988-89 UEFA Cup ties against Hearts. In March 1989 Fenlon scored at Fir Park as Pats held Motherwell to a 3–3 friendly draw Fenlon won the League of Ireland championship with St Pats in 1989–90.〔 In September 1990 he scored against Dinamo Bucharest in the European Cup. After four seasons at St Pats, he signed for Bohemians in the summer of 1991.〔 He scored 29 goals in 88 appearances for Bohs and won the FAI Cup in 1992,〔 as well as the PFAI Player of the Year accolade. In February 1992, Fenlon scored for the Republic of Ireland in a 'B' international against Denmark. Fenlon signed for Linfield in January 1994, a club supported mainly by fans drawn from Belfast's Protestant community, becoming the first Dublin catholic to do so. Speaking about his time with Linfield twenty years later, Fenlon said he had been abused by fellow Irish Catholics for his decision to join Linfield based on their history.〔 Fenlon won two IFA Cups and one Irish Premier League championship with Linfield.〔 It was Fenlon's goal against Glentoran on the final day of the 1993–94 season which sealed the title for Linfield. He also scored the second goal in the 2-0 win against Bangor in the Irish Cup Final a week later. In June 1996, he signed for another Dublin club, Shamrock Rovers.〔 But after one season he transferred to Shelbourne,.〔 Whilst playing for Shels he suffered a triple fracture of the shin in a match against Rovers in Tolka Park on 12 February 1999. He recovered from this to help fire Shelbourne to the league and cup double the following season, and secure a second PFAI Player of the Year award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/ierpoy.html )〕 He scored the winning goal for Shelbourne in the 1999/00 FAI Cup final replay, as Shelbourne beat Bohemians 1–0.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ier00.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pat Fenlon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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